1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Events at the
1966 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
80 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 3 and 4 September 1966.[1]

Medalists

Gold Jan Werner
Edmund Borowski
Stanisław Grędziński
Andrzej Badeński
 Poland
Silver Friedrich Roderfeld
Jens Ulbricht
Rolf Krüsmann
Manfred Kinder
 West Germany
Bronze Joachim Both
Günther Klann
Michael Zerbes
Wilfried Weiland
 East Germany

Results

Final

4 September

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st  Poland Jan Werner
Edmund Borowski
Stanisław Grędziński
Andrzej Badeński
3:04.5 CR NR
2nd  West Germany Friedrich Roderfeld
Jens Ulbricht
Rolf Krüsmann
Manfred Kinder
3:04.8
3rd  East Germany Joachim Both
Günther Klann
Michael Zerbes
Wilfried Weiland
3:05.7 NR
4  France Jean-Pierre Boccardo
Jean-Claude Nallet
Robert Poirier
Michel Samper
3:05.7 NR
5  United Kingdom John Adey
John Sherwood
Martin Winbolt-Lewis
Tim Graham
3:05.9
6  Italy Bruno Bianchi
Roberto Frinolli
Furio Fusi
Sergio Bello
3:06.5 NR
7  Czechoslovakia Josef Hegyes
Jaromír Haisl
Pavel Penkava
Josef Trousil
3:09.3
8  Hungary László Horváth
Imre Nemesházi
Gyula Rábai
István Bátori
3:10.3

Heats

3 September

Heat 1

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  West Germany Jens Ulbricht
Manfred Kinder
Rolf Krüsmann
Friedrich Roderfeld
3:07.1 Q
2  United Kingdom John Adey
John Sherwood
Martin Winbolt-Lewis
Tim Graham
3:07.2 Q
3  Hungary István Bátori
Gyula Rábai
László Horváth
István Gyulai
3:07.9 Q
4  Czechoslovakia Josef Trousil
Josef Hegyes
Jaromír Haisl
Ladislav Kříž
3:08.1 Q
5  Soviet Union Georgiy Sverbetov
Aleksandr Ivanov
Vasiliy Anisimov
Boris Savchuk
3:09.3
6  Greece Nikolaos Regoukos
Dimosthenis Koutsoulis
Konstantinos Mihailidis
Athanasios Vogiatzis
3:14.2

Heat 2

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  Poland Andrzej Badeński
Stanisław Grędziński
Edmund Borowski
Jan Werner
3:14.8 Q
2  East Germany Wilfried Weiland
Michael Zerbes
Joachim Both
Günther Klann
3:17.0 Q
3  France Jean-Pierre Boccardo
Michel Samper
Robert Poirier
Jean-Claude Nallet
3:17.4 Q
4  Italy Sergio Bello
Bruno Bianchi
Roberto Frinolli
Furio Fusi
3:17.4 Q

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 42 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

References

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